Noble's prize for (market) economics

Noble Group increases its attraction to shareholders through an investor driven share placment.

Noble Group completed an S$42 million $24 million share placement yesterday, on the back of strong investor demand for its stock after announcing record profits last week. The sale of 30 million new shares was priced at S$1.40, a roughly 7% discount to the weighted average traded price of Noble shares on 24 February. Cazenove Asia managed the placement.

The sale comes barely a week after Noble announced record results for 2002. The Hong Kong based and Singapore-listed...